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Burning
Desires tries
to
capture the brutal denouncement of the
body in seeking its transcendence.
Self-flagellation, a promoted practice during the Middle Ages,
is
symbolized by the treatment of the skirt.
A pattern of gold crosses covers the skirt, each cross created
by four
tiny safety pins. Lipstick and gold leaf
ooze around the punctured area of the crosses.
The bodice was inspired by Francisco de Goya's portrayal of
angel wings
in his frescos of the late medieval saint for the hermitage of San
Antonio de
la Florida in
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